37092 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 131 /Thursday, July 9, 1998 / Notices

Washington, D.C. 20250–2000, (202)

720–4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Equine Survey.

OMB Number: 0535–0227.

Expiration Date of Approval:

December 31, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved Information

Collection.

Abstract: To improve information

regarding the equine industry, several

State Departments of Agriculture are

expected to contract with the NASS to

conduct an Equine Survey in their state

within the next 3 years. Equine

activities offer unusually varied

opportunities for rural development. In

addition to providing the livelihood for

breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and

many others, the horse remains

important to recreation. Equine survey

data will quantify the importance of the

industry in the state. The number of

operations, number of animals, and

economic information will provide a

focus on the importance of the equine

industry to state economies. Income

data provides a view of the benefits that

the industry provides to the state

economy and a ranking in terms of its

relative importance within both the

agricultural sector and the state’s total

economic sector. The expenditure

information provides data regarding the

multiplier effect of money from the

equine industry, effects of wage rates

paid to both permanent and part-time

employees, and secondary businesses

supported by the industry. The Equine

Survey has approval from OMB for a 2

year period. NASS intends to request

that the survey be approved for another

3 years. This data will be collected

under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).

Individually identifiable data collected

under this authority is governed by

Section 1770 of the Food Security Act

of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires

USDA to afford strict confidentiality to

non-aggregated data provided by

respondents.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 35 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Horse owners, breeders,

trainers, boarders.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

58,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 33,800 hours.

Copies of this information collection

and related instructions can be obtained

without charge from Larry Gambrell, the

Agency OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)

720–5778.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical,

other technological collection

techniques, or other forms of

information technology. Comments may

be sent to: Larry Gambrell, Agency OMB

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue

SW, Room 4162 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–2000.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., June 25, 1998.

Rich Allen,

Associate Administrator, National

Agricultural Statistics Service.

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Georgia Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Georgia Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 1:00 p.m. on July 27,

1998, at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal

Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Dining

Room A, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The

purpose of the meeting is to discuss

civil rights progress and/or problems

and to plan for a symposium on ‘‘The

Status of Civil Rights in Georgia.’’

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Bobby

D. Doctor, Director of the Southern

Regional Office, 404–562–7000 (TDD

404–562–7004). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, June 26, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–18261 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oregon Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Oregon Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 10:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. on July 24,

1998, at the Double Tree Inn, Columbia

River, 1401 North Hayden Island Drive,

Portland, OR 97217. The purpose of the

meeting is to plan a future project.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact Philip

Montez, Director of the Western

Regional Office, 213–894–3437 (TDD

213–894–3435). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, July 1, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–18257 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel

Review.

SUMMARY: On June 5, 1998, the Director

of Investigation and Research,

Competition Bureau, Industry Canada

filed a First Request for Panel Review
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with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article

1904 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement. Panel review was requested

of the final material injury

determination made by the Canadian

International Trade Tribunal, respecting

Certain Prepared Baby Foods

Originating In or Exported from the

United States of America. This

determination was published in the

Canada Gazette 1998.I.1062, on May 9,

1998. The NAFTA Secretariat has

assigned Case Number CDA–USA–98–

1904–01 to this request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

Washington, D.C. 20230, (202) 482–

5438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter

19 of the North American Free-Trade

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a

mechanism to replace domestic judicial

review of final determinations in

antidumping and countervailing duty

cases involving imports from a NAFTA

country with review by independent

binational panels. When a Request for

Panel Review is filed, a panel is

established to act in place of national

courts to review expeditiously the final

determination to determine whether it

conforms with the antidumping or

countervailing duty law of the country

that made the determination.

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,

which came into force on January 1,

1994, the Government of the United

States, the Government of Canada and

the Government of Mexico established

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).

These Rules were published in the

Federal Register on February 23, 1994

(59 FR 8686).

A first Request for Panel Review was

filed with the Canadian Section of the

NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to Article

1904 of the Agreement, on June 5, 1998,

requesting panel review of the final

material injury determination described

above.

The Rules provide that:

(a) A Party or interested person may

challenge the final determination in

whole or in part by filing a Complaint

in accordance with Rule 39 within 30

days after the filing of the first Request

for Panel Review (the deadline for filing

a Complaint is July 6, 1998);

(b) A Party, investigating authority or

interested person that does not file a

Complaint but that intends to appear in

support of any reviewable portion of the

final determination may participate in

the panel review by filing a Notice of

Appearance in accordance with Rule 40

within 45 days after the filing of the first

Request for Panel Review (the deadline

for filing a Notice of Appearance is July

20, 1998); and

(c) The panel review shall be limited

to the allegations of error of fact or law,

including the jurisdiction of the

investigating authority, that are set out

in the Complaints filed in the panel

review and the procedural and

substantive defenses raised in the panel

review.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

James R. Holbein,

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Notice of Government Owned

Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology Commerce.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned in whole or in part by the

U.S. Government, as represented by the

Department of Commerce. The

Department of Commerce’s ownership

interest in the inventions are available

for licensing in accordance with 35

U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to

achieve expeditious commercialization

of results of Federally funded research

and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Industrial

Partnerships Program, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax

301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the inventions for purposes

of commercialization. The inventions

available for licensing are:

NIST Docket Number: 94–020/030.

Title: Miniature X-Ray Source.

Abstract: The invention is jointly

owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Secretary of

Commerce, and the United States Navy.

The United States Navy has transferred

custody of their interest in the invention

to the National Institute of Standards

and Technology. A miniature x-ray

source only a few millimeters across has

applications as an x-ray source for a

number of medical applications

including non-invasive intracavitary

radiotherapy, diagnostic medical x-ray

imaging, and intraoperative

radiotherapy. Also, for example, an xray source according to the invention

may be placed in the mouth of a patient

and an x-ray film placed outside the

mouth so as to obtain an image of the

mandibular joint close to the ear. Other

scientific applications for this tiny

radiation source include small x-ray

microscopes, fluorescence analysis

absorptometry, radiography and x-ray

tomography. The miniature x-ray source

has a cathode which may comprise a

gated array of field emission elements,

an array of solid state miniature

thermionic cathodes, or ferroelectric

cathodes. Each of these cathodes can be

manufactured using photolithographic

and etching techniques commonly

found in the semiconductor industry.

The anode may be a foil, a thin film of

metal deposited on the inside surface of

a wall of the evacuated chamber or a

self-supporting body of a metal that

produces x-rays in response to electron

impacts.

NIST Docket Number: 95–036US.

Title: X-Ray Lithography Mask

Inspection System.

Abstract: The invention is jointly

owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Secretary of

Commerce, and Wisconsin Alumni

Research Foundation. The invention

uses an x-ray conversion microscope to

form an enlarged image of the actual xray pattern that an x-ray mask would

project onto a resist. Present x-ray mask

inspection is done by electron

microscopes where the image produced

is representative of the interaction of

high energy electrons with the features

on the mask. The proposed technique

would instead form images from the xray transmission of the mask, the

quantity most relevant to the mask’s

performance in the x-ray lithography

process.

NIST Docket Number: 96–022US.

Title: Methods For Machining Hard

Materials Using Alcohols.

Abstract: This invention is jointly

owned by the U.S. Government, as

represented by the Secretary of

Commerce, and the University of

Maryland. The present invention

provides a method for machining hard

materials using the machining fluids

containing long chain alcohol in which

the machining fluid is applied to a

machining tool and then lubricates the

machining of the workpiece by the